Wire-working tool.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

Zara 70 .m m m 08' ew ND BIB L G N I 0 D mm L WM A DAN GLENN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

WIRE-WORKING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed February 8 1908. Serial No. 414,994.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, DAN GLENN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of BeXar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful l/Vire-l/Vorking Tool, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to wire working tools, and especially to those designed to secure a hose to the couplings thereon by means of wire or straps.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wire working tool'as constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the wire cutter formed thereon.

Similar reference characters are employed to indicate corresponding parts in all the .figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a wire working tool with such clamps on the ends thereof that they may be adapted to secure by wire of any shape in cross section a hose to a coupling.

At A I show the jaws of a wire working tool progided with the handles B and pivoted at At D is a spring adapted to hold the handles apart when not pressed together by the hand of the operator.

On each of the jaws A I form a threaded bolt E. It is obvious that this bolt may be made either integral with said jaw, or may be made in the usual form of a tap bolt and inserted in said jaw. On each of these bolts is a nut F which I preferably form as a wing or butterfly nut in order that it may be readily operated by hand, It will now be seen that it is possible to very securely clamp the ends of a wire or band between the outer face of the jaw A and the base of the nut F on each of said jaws. In operating the device, the wire or band is-wrapped around the hose as many times as may be desirable, the ends thereof brought between the nuts F and the jaws A, and the nuts F screwed down thereon, thus holding the ends securely. The jaws are then forced apart by pressure on the handles B and the wire drawn tightly around the hose. The wire or band may then be twisted to hold the same in place, the ends released and cut off with the wire cutter G.

I claim 1. In a wire working tool, a jaw having a threaded bolt carried thereon, and a nut held by said bolt to form a wire clamp in combination with said jaw.

2. In a wire working tool, a pair of hinged jaws provided with handles, clamping nuts carried upon said jaws, and a spring held between said handles in combination with a wire cutter,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAN GLENN. 

